Pensions and nuclear arms
Six years ago TV programme Zembla revealed how Dutch pension funds invested massive amounts of money in arms companies producing landmines, cluster…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.
Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.
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8 June, Athens (Greece): AlterSummit
On June 7th and 8th, movements and organisations from all over Europe will attend the Alter Summit in Athens. This event will…
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Germany undercuts blocked Dutch tank deal with Indonesia
Late 2011 it emerged that the Indonesian army was seeking surplus Leopard tanks, which both Germany and the Netherlands had on offer.…
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Οι εξωφρενικές στρατιωτικές δαπάνες οδήγησαν την Ελλάδα σε τεράστια χρέη για όπλα που δεν χρειάζεται
Interview with Frank Slijper in Greek zine Avgi on the report Guns, Debt and Corruption.
Translation:
“An insane level of military spending…
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Europe’s guns, debt and corruption
OpenDemocracy, 27 April 2013 by Frank Slijper. This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role…
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Austerity in Europe? Tighten the military belt
OpenDemocracy.net, 24 April 2013 by Frank Slijper. Five years into the economic crisis in Europe and the elephant in the room is…
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We have an Arms Trade Treaty. What difference does it make?
War Profteers News, April 2013 – According to the Control Arms Coalition, which lobbied for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),…
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EU military spending is ‘elephant in the room’ and key factor in European debt crisis, argues new report
Amsterdam, 15 April 2013 – At a time of harsh cuts in social services, it is morally unjustifiable to spend money on…
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Guns, Debt and Corruption: Military spending and the EU crisis
April 2013 – Report published by TNI and Campagne tegen Wapenhandel. — High levels of European military spending played a key role…
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Burmese frigates to be equipped with Dutch tech despite arms embargo
Positive change is underway in Burma/Myanmar since President Thein Sein took office two years ago. The house arrest of opposition leader and…
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